Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 89-97, January 2010

Spatiotemporal progression of localized bacterial peritonitis before and after open abdomen lavage monitored by in vivo bioluminescent imaging

  • Prashant K. Sharma, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Prashant K. Sharma, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Sector F), University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, P.O. Box 196, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands.
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  • Eefje Engels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Wim Van Oeveren, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Rutger J. Ploeg, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • C. van Henny der Mei, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Henk J. Busscher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Gooitzen M. Van Dam, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • BioOptical Imaging Center Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Gerhard Rakhorst, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Accepted 21 May 2009. published online 07 September 2009.

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 Supported in part by research grant no. SNO-T-0501157 from Stichting Nuts-Ohra, The Netherlands.

PII: S0039-6060(09)00365-1

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2009.05.016

Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 89-97, January 2010

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